Places
- Shan State of Myanmar
- Shaanxi, abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
- Shan County, Shandong, county in Shandong, China
- Shan County, Henan, in Sanmenxia, China
- Shantou, or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China
- Shan (剡), river name in Zhejiang Province of PRC
- Shan (鄯), name for a region in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
- Shan (鄯), the name of ancient Western Regions (西域)
- 山, shan, Chinese for "mountains" or "mountain range"
- Mount Shani or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus
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